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  • to try to understand what's going on, I've created a new folder (under the main org folder) named 'agenda' where I do put all my .org files, then I open an .org file and with C-a a I try to obtain an agenda, but I obtain a message of file not found in the root folder, not in the new foldet I've just created. Im wondering: Do I have to set a variable to tell emacs (org-mode) where to watch for .org files? Commented Oct 4, 2022 at 14:52
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    You have to set org-agenda-files as described in the answer to tell Org mode which files contribute to the agenda (and you need to restart emacs to pick up the change). These are very basic questions that could be best answered by working diligently through an Org mode tutorial, e.g. this one or this one. Also the Org mode Wiki has a Tutorials section with more in-depth coverage. Commented Oct 4, 2022 at 16:28
  • Do any of your TODO entries have associated active timestamps (e.g added with C-c . or C-c s)? If not, they will not appear in the agenda, since they will never match the time span of the agenda. Commented Oct 4, 2022 at 17:24
  • I elaborated the answer a bit to address and incorporate the information from the comments. Commented Oct 4, 2022 at 17:46